The recipe hospitals are using to build digital twins

Some hospitals are using digital twins to make care more patient-centric, as the technology synchronizes all sources of patient data to create a comprehensive view of a patient's needs.

Here are 10 critical components needed when building digital twins for healthcare, according to a Feb. 21 VentureBeat report:

1. An evolving data system
   
   
2. EHR
   
   
3. Graph databases
   
   
4. Application programming interfaces
   
   
5. Natural language processing
   
   
6. Biosimulation
   
   
7. Real-world evidence
   
   
8. Surgical intelligence
   
   
9. Predictive analytics
   
   
10. Visualization